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Join us on a family friendly Art Walk around this year's Look Up artworks in Portsmouth. Hosted by each Look Up artist and Young Producer Jennifer Tipton, each art walk will give you an opporunity to meet one of the artists involved in the project, and hear about their process.

Journeys Festival International Portsmouth proudly presents a unique collaboration between local artists Majid Dhana and Natalia Michalska for this year's Look Up exhibition. Together the artists photographed Portsmouth’s refugee and asylum seeker community, working with participants to illustrate portraits that are visually striking and provide an important message to the wider public. Presented in large scale artworks across the city, United Tribe, gives visibility to Portsmouth’s refugee community.

Monday 23rd October // Communicating Journeys // 17:00 - 1830

Hosted by Look Up artist Natalia Michalska and Young Producer Jennifer Tipton, the Art Walk will give you an insight into the process of portrait making and the stories of refugees involved with the project.

The Communicating Journeys Art Walk will end at The Container Project at Portsmouth Cathedral, with a chance to catch Journeys Festival International's Artist Talk: Africa to Diaspora with Tony Spencer.

Sunday 29th October // Walk with Words // 13:00 - 14:30

Hosted by Majid Dhana and Young Producer Jennifer Tipton this Art Walk explores the words and poetry of Majid Dhana, with the artist’s personal responses to the Look Up portraits and the stories behind them.

The Walk with Words Art Walk will end at Aspex Gallery for an In Conversation with Tony Spencer and the Look Up artists.

All Art Walks start at: Portsmouth & Southsea Train Station

Journeys Festival International runs in Portsmouth from 19th - 29th October 2017. Connect with us @JourneysFest #JFIPorts and see our full programme of events at www.journeysfestival.com.